Update our copy of xdg-utils to 2010-08-30, and include a patched xdg-mime.

third_party/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-desktop-icon

 #!/bin/sh
 #---------------------------------------------
 #   xdg-desktop-icon
 #
 #   Utility script to install desktop items on a Linux desktop.
 #
 #   Refer to the usage() function below for usage.
 #
 #   Copyright 2006, Kevin Krammer <kevin.krammer@gmx.at>
 #   Copyright 2006, Jeremy White <jwhite@codeweavers.com>
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 exit_failure_file_permission_read()
 {
     if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
         echo "xdg-desktop-icon: $@" >&2
     fi
 
     exit 5
 }
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------
-# Exit script on insufficient permission to read a specified file
+# Exit script on insufficient permission to write a specified file
 
 exit_failure_file_permission_write()
 {
     if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
         echo "xdg-desktop-icon: $@" >&2
     fi
 
     exit 6
 }
 
@@ skipping 56 matching lines @@
             echo "Use 'man xdg-desktop-icon' or 'xdg-desktop-icon --manual' for additional info."
             exit_success
             ;;
 
             --manual)
             manualpage
             exit_success
             ;;
 
             --version)
-            echo "xdg-desktop-icon 1.0.1"
+            echo "xdg-desktop-icon 1.0.2"
             exit_success
             ;;
         esac
     done
 }
 
 check_common_commands "$@"
 
 [ -z "${XDG_UTILS_DEBUG_LEVEL}" ] && unset XDG_UTILS_DEBUG_LEVEL;
 if [ ${XDG_UTILS_DEBUG_LEVEL-0} -lt 1 ]; then
     # Be silent
     xdg_redirect_output=" > /dev/null 2> /dev/null"
 else
     # All output to stderr
     xdg_redirect_output=" >&2"
 fi
 
 #--------------------------------------
 # Checks for known desktop environments
 # set variable DE to the desktop environments name, lowercase
 
 detectDE()
 {
     if [ x"$KDE_FULL_SESSION" = x"true" ]; then DE=kde;
     elif [ x"$GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID" != x"" ]; then DE=gnome;
-    elif xprop -root _DT_SAVE_MODE | grep ' = \"xfce4\"$' >/dev/null 2>&1; then DE=xfce;
+    elif `dbus-send --print-reply --dest=org.freedesktop.DBus /org/freedesktop/DBus org.freedesktop.DBus.GetNameOwner string:org.gnome.SessionManager > /dev/null 2>&1` ; then DE=gnome;
+    elif xprop -root _DT_SAVE_MODE 2> /dev/null | grep ' = \"xfce4\"$' >/dev/null 2>&1; then DE=xfce;
     fi
 }
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # kfmclient exec/openURL can give bogus exit value in KDE <= 3.5.4
 # It also always returns 1 in KDE 3.4 and earlier
 # Simply return 0 in such case
 
 kfmclient_fix_exit_code()
 {
     version=`kde${KDE_SESSION_VERSION}-config --version 2>/dev/null | grep KDE`
     major=`echo $version | sed 's/KDE: \([0-9]\).*/\1/'`
     minor=`echo $version | sed 's/KDE: [0-9]*\.\([0-9]\).*/\1/'`
     release=`echo $version | sed 's/KDE: [0-9]*\.[0-9]*\.\([0-9]\).*/\1/'`
     test "$major" -gt 3 && return $1
     test "$minor" -gt 5 && return $1
     test "$release" -gt 4 && return $1
     return 0
 }
 
-[ x"$1" != x"" ] || exit_failure_syntax 
+[ x"$1" != x"" ] || exit_failure_syntax
 
 action=
 desktop_file=
 
 case $1 in
   install)
     action=install
     ;;
 
   uninstall)
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 # Shouldn't happen
 if [ -z "$action" ] ; then
     exit_failure_syntax "command argument missing"
 fi
 
 if [ -z "$desktop_file" ] ; then
     exit_failure_syntax "FILE argument missing"
 fi
 
 filetype=
-case $desktop_file in
+case "$desktop_file" in
   *.desktop)
      filetype=desktop
      if [ "$vendor" = "true" -a "$action" = "install" ] ; then
         check_vendor_prefix "$desktop_file"
      fi
      ;;
   *)
      filetype=other
      ;;
 esac
 
 my_umask=077
-desktop_dir="$HOME/Desktop"
+if xdg-user-dir 2>/dev/null 1>&2; then
+  desktop_dir=`xdg-user-dir DESKTOP`
+fi
 desktop_dir_kde=`kde${KDE_SESSION_VERSION}-config --userpath desktop 2> /dev/null`
 if gconftool-2 -g /apps/nautilus/preferences/desktop_is_home_dir 2> /dev/null | grep true > /dev/null; then
     desktop_dir_gnome="$HOME"
     # Don't create $HOME/Desktop if it doesn't exist
-    [ -w $desktop_dir ] || desktop_dir=
+    [ -w "$desktop_dir" ] || desktop_dir=
 fi
 if [ -n "$desktop_dir_kde" ]; then
     if [ ! -d "$desktop_dir_kde" ]; then
         save_umask=`umask`
         umask $my_umask
-        mkdir -p $desktop_dir_kde
+        mkdir -p "$desktop_dir_kde"
         umask $save_umask
     fi
     # Is the KDE desktop dir != $HOME/Desktop ?
     if [ x`readlink -f "$desktop_dir"` != x`readlink -f "$desktop_dir_kde"` ]; then
         # If so, don't create $HOME/Desktop if it doesn't exist
-        [ -w $desktop_dir ] || desktop_dir=
+        [ -w "$desktop_dir" ] || desktop_dir=
     else
         desktop_dir_kde=
     fi
 fi
-desktop_dir="$desktop_dir $desktop_dir_kde $desktop_dir_gnome"
 
 basefile=`basename "$desktop_file"`
 
-DEBUG 1 "$action $desktop_file in $desktop_dir"
+DEBUG 1 "$action $desktop_file in $desktop_dir $desktop_dir_kde $desktop_dir_gnome"
 
 case $action in
     install)
         save_umask=`umask`
         umask $my_umask
 
-        for x in $desktop_dir ; do
-            mkdir -p $x
-            eval 'cp $desktop_file $x/$basefile'$xdg_redirect_output
+        for x in "$desktop_dir" "$desktop_dir_kde" "$desktop_dir_gnome" ; do
+            if [ -n "$x" ]; then
+                mkdir -p "$x"
+                eval 'cp "$desktop_file" "$x/$basefile"'$xdg_redirect_output 
+            fi
         done
 
         umask $save_umask
         ;;
 
     uninstall)
-        for x in $desktop_dir ; do
-            rm -f $x/$basefile
+        for x in "$desktop_dir" "$desktop_dir_kde" "$desktop_dir_gnome" ; do
+            if [ -n "$x" ]; then
+                rm -f "$x/$basefile"
+            fi
         done
-
         ;;
 esac
 
 exit_success